diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 4ffb6d79f9f0..a7e6690e0946 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5795,6 +5795,7 @@ static int btrfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 out_unlock:
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
+	btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
 	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
 	if (drop_inode) {
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
@@ -5868,6 +5869,7 @@ static int btrfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 	}
+	btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
 	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -5926,6 +5928,7 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
+	btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
 fail:
 	if (drop_inode) {
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
@@ -5992,6 +5995,7 @@ static int btrfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 	if (drop_on_err)
 		iput(inode);
+	btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
 	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
 	return err;
 }